civilian
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- noun
- /sɪˈvɪljən/
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civil
- The humanitarian organization works to provide aid to civilians affected by the conflict.
- protect civilians
- innocent civilians
- civilians and soldiers
Meaning those people, those British civilians, were sacrificed for nothing.
- Meaning those people, those British civilians, were sacrificed for nothing.
- I also want the police to respect civilians and demand that they do.
- But then because they use civilians, it gets dicey.
- And it's happening before large numbers of civilians can get out.
- You went in intentionally to kill civilians, to rape women and to kill babies.
- I think what I last heard was there's been more civilians killed than Ukrainian soldiers.
- Draw the land between civilians and real criminals.
- How do you identify who's a civilian and who's ISIS?
- So you want civilians to give you some feedback.
- You are bombing cities, civilians are then part of it.
- They drive in the same cars that civilians, families and children might be in.
- And the problem is no civilians are being treated for us.
Examples
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By 2006, approximately 3,000 civilians were being killed each month.
Academic text (2011) -
We have not met a single other civilian American doing the March.
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We will never know how many civilians died in this process.
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I also want the police to respect civilians and demand that they do.
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Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of civilians are estimated to have died in the assault.
Fiction book (1992) -
I don't think it makes much sense to hold a civilian population responsible.
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A few bold civilians stood their ground and fired back at the soldiers.
Academic text (2011) -
Russian troops are burning villages and driving out their civilian populations.
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The town started a daily market at which soldiers and civilians alike hawked their produce and wares.
Academic text (2011) -
In many war zones, civilians often find themselves caught in the crossfire between opposing forces.
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Ordinary clothes worn by people who are not soldiers, police, or religious leaders
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Etymology
Civilian comes from the old Latin word civis, meaning 'citizen', and is related to civil and city. So a civilian is an ordinary person or 'citizen' who is not a member of the army or the police.